Training Log Archive: AliC

Gorgeous gorgeous day! Little run around. Enjoying the air, the trees.

6 min abs, 2 side plank, 1 pushups

Skyline Scramble

There was no orienteering around, which makes since sense it's US champs, so it was this 8.1 mi trail run near Boston or a more local road 10k Sunday. Opted for the trail race! =)

Was good fun, tricky little trail and rocky too. Ended up off the trail once on orange blazes, prob only 150m the wrong way though. Really made you work to go fast. Crunched my ankle once, but not that badly and wasn't wearing a brace, so think it must be better than it was, but isn't 'better' yet.

5 min before
10 min after with Tom and Odin

Little run around the neighborhood in the morning. Colder than yesterday... CVS wasn't open before 8 am though, I thought it would be for some reason.

Track time! Amherst College track is just a 6 min jog from my apt. Perfect!

800- 2.52, 200 jog
400- 86, 400 jog
800- 2.57, 200 jog
400- 79, 400 jog
400- 79

Slower than track season last spring for sure, but a start! Was nice warm weather for this.

Warm up- jog over to the track and once around, then recovery jogs between intervals, and cool down back to the apt- nearly dark on the way back! But just small streets, so way safer than yesterday's evening run!

5 min drills on the track before intervals, no hurdles around, unfortunately!

5 min abs, 2 min side plank

An evening run, involving some errands to get sandpaper from Home Depot and various little things from CVS (including band-aids, which I apparently require for everyday life). Unfotunately, these were both on the sort of busy-roadside strip mall that doesn't have sidewalks (pavements) or crosswalks anywhere because you're supposed to drive everywhere- but that's ridiculous becuase it's within 1.5 mi from my house. So lots of running through parking lots.

C • Translation required... 3

Before heading over to the strip mall, did a 15 min tempo on the trail near Amherst College Observatory- it's not that long turns out, went forth and back and forth on it to get the 15 min in. Felt good, was pushing it. A bit slower than 5k pace, but faster than 10k pace for sure.

Easy jogging before/between/after plyo exercises. Across Amity Street, then across Rt. 9 onto Orchard St., then was going down S. Pleasant and found Amherst College Observatory, which is on top of a very, very small hill. Found a trail behind it, which ran along the back of the golf course, and then took me right back to Rt. 9, almost back at home, surprisingly! Still figuring out the neighborhood!

3 x squat jumps, one leg hops, hanna's killer telemark leaps (only 8 each time), skate jumps, and bench hops

last bench hops actually replaced by a 30s uphill sprint due to no bench around at the time

about 2 min gap between the start of each exercise

Morning run- west on Amity St. (probably turned into something else at some point) towards/through Hadley. Not the most inspired road for running- no sidewalk, but also narrow in places with some traffic. But had one gorgeous view over the hills.

4 x (2 min, 30 s rest, 2 min), ~2 min rest between each set

Felt much better than yesterday, but think I can push them harder. 2 min is a strange time- short but not short enough to go really really fast.